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whom the Chairman may appoint ; which Minutes shall afterwards 
be entered in a minute-book kept for that purpose, and read at the 
next Meeting of the Council, when, if found correct, they shall be 
signed by the Chairman. 
§ VI. Bye-Laws (Papers). 
]. Papers presented to be read before the Society shall, when 
read, be considered as the property of the Society, unless there shall 
have been any previous engagement with its author to the contrary ; 
and the Council may cause the same to be published in any way 
and at any time they may think proper after having been read. If 
a Paper be not read, it shall be returned to the author ; and, if a 
Paper be not published within a reasonable time after having been | 
read, the author shall be entitled himself to publish it, and he may 
borrow it for that purpose. 
2. When a Paper is sent to the Society for the purpose of being 
read, it shall be laid before the Council, who shall refer it to two 
of that body, or of the other Members or Associates of the Society 
whom they may select, for their opinions as to the character of the 
Paper and its fitness or otherwise for being read before the Society, 
which they shall state as briefly as may be, in writing, along with 
the grounds of their respective opinions. Should one of such 
opinions be adverse to the Paper and against its being read before 
the Society, then it shall be referred to some other referee, who is 
unaware of the opinion already pronounced upon the Paper, in order 
that he may state his opinion upon it in like manner. Should this 
opinion be adverse to the Paper, the Council shall then consult and 
decide whether the Paper shall be rejected or read ; and, if rejected, 
the Paper shall be returned to the author with an intimation of the 
purport of the adverse opinions which have been given with respect 
to it ; but the names of the referees are not to be communicated to 
him, unless with their consent or by order of the Council. All such 
references and communications are to be regarded as confidential, 
except in so far as the Council may please to direct otherwise. 
3. The Council may authorise Papers to be read without such 
previous reference for an opinion thereon; and when a Paper has 
been referred, and the opinion is in favour of its being read in 
whole or in part, the Council shall then cause it to be placed in 
the List of Papers to be so read accordingly, and the author shall 
receive due notice of the evening fixed for its reading. 
